Independent Fifth Reader: Containing a Simple, Practical, and Complete Treatise on Elocution : Illustrated with Diagrams, Selected and Classified Readings and Recitations, with Copious Notes, and Complete Supplementary Index |
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... Nature cries aloud through all her works - He must delight in virtue ; and that which he delights in must be happy . 13. Here we have butter , pure as virgin gold ; And milk from cows that can a tail unfold With bovine pride ; and new ...
... Nature cries aloud through all her works - He must delight in virtue ; and that which he delights in must be happy . 13. Here we have butter , pure as virgin gold ; And milk from cows that can a tail unfold With bovine pride ; and new ...
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... to fast in fires , Till the foul crimes , done in my days of nature , Are burnt and purged away . PERS VI . PERSONATION . ERSONATION consists of those modulations MONOTONE . 47 The Days of MONOTONE Exercise in Monotone.
... to fast in fires , Till the foul crimes , done in my days of nature , Are burnt and purged away . PERS VI . PERSONATION . ERSONATION consists of those modulations MONOTONE . 47 The Days of MONOTONE Exercise in Monotone.
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... nature . 3. The student will exercise his discrimination and ingenuity in studying the character of persons and things to be represented , and so modulate his voice as best to personate them . EXERCISE IN PERSONATION . He . Dost thou ...
... nature . 3. The student will exercise his discrimination and ingenuity in studying the character of persons and things to be represented , and so modulate his voice as best to personate them . EXERCISE IN PERSONATION . He . Dost thou ...
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... nature of youth , and the amusements of the little child are shared by the fäther , the grandfather , and the great - grandfather — all are kite - flyers . This may be still better understood , when it is explained that the kites of ...
... nature of youth , and the amusements of the little child are shared by the fäther , the grandfather , and the great - grandfather — all are kite - flyers . This may be still better understood , when it is explained that the kites of ...
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... natural bird when on the wing ; this they paint the natural color and stretch on ribs of bamboo arranged very much in the shape of the old English cross - bow when strung , leaving the parts which represent the ends of the wing and tail ...
... natural bird when on the wing ; this they paint the natural color and stretch on ribs of bamboo arranged very much in the shape of the old English cross - bow when strung , leaving the parts which represent the ends of the wing and tail ...
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åfter âir ǎlōne arms ǎway band of horses beâr beautiful befōre bird bless Bob-o'-link born Boy George breast bright brow called cälm câre chee child clouds cried Cusha Danger Island dark death deep died Dora earth ELIZA COOK ěvèry eyes face father fear feel feet flowers fōrth gråss green hälf hand head hear heard heart heaven hills hōme Hunger and Cold instinets John Hull kite land lapstone låst läughed leaves light live looked måster mōre mother never night o'er påssed påssing påst Pelatiah poet poor river round shining shōre shout smile song sound spring star stood SUBTONICS summer sweet tears thee thêre thing thou town trees tûrn tûrned Uberto uppe věry village voice watch whêre wild wind words yět young
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Page 283 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom...
Page 285 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touched his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Page 283 - He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't away again ; — Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff : — and still he smil'd and talk'd . And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by.
Page 258 - Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street, Wanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers, Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Page 46 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Page 284 - Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Page 44 - ... in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!' And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering
Page 332 - Come wealth or want, come good or ill, Let young and old accept their part, And bow before the Awful Will, And bear it with an honest heart, Who misses or who wins the prize. — Go, lose or conquer as you can ; But if you fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman.
Page 286 - For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Page 309 - Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door...